[Python-Dev] Unicode Imports (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger rhettinger at ewtllc.com
Fri Sep 8 21:00:50 CEST 2006

Giovanni Bajo wrote:

+1, but I would love to see a more formal definition of what a "bugfix" is, which would reduce the ambiguous cases, and thus reduce the number of times the release managers are called to pronounce.

Sorry, that is just a pipe-dream. To some degree, all bug-fixes are new features in that there is some behavioral difference, something will now work that wouldn't work before. While some cases are clear-cut (such as API changes), the ones that are interesting will defy definition and need a human judgment call as to whether a given change will help more than it hurts. The RMs are also strongly biased against extensive patches than haven't had a chance to go through a beta-cycle -- they don't want their releases mucked-up.

Raymond

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